Open AccessSPINAL HYDATIDOSIS IN A CHILD
Author(s) -
Aleksandr Yuryevich Mushkin,
Andrey Pershin,
К. Н. Коваленко
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hirurgiâ pozvonočnika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-1497
pISSN - 1810-8997
DOI - 10.14531/ss2006.1.66-71
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , surgery , natural history , rehabilitation , spinal surgery , physical therapy , psychology , developmental psychology
A report of a rare case of the spinal hydatidosis in a child is presented. Spinal hydatidosis with a total spinal instability caused by the natural history of the disease and inadequate surgical treatment was diagnosed in a 10 year-old girl. At the department the excision of paravertebral and prevertebral hydatid cavernous masses followed by anterior L1–L5 reconstruction and posterior spinal CD-instrumentation was performed. Early post-op results are satisfactory, supporting ability of the spine is restored, that allowed physical and social rehabilitation of the child. Diagnostic pitfalls are identified and discussed.